Metal barrel.



am Ename H. WBHRHAHN. METAL BARREL.

APPLICATION FILED NOV. 11. 1904.

PATENTED DEC. 26, 1905.

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UNITED STATES PATENT @llilFIQE.

HENRY WEHBHAHN, OF NEWV YORK, N. Y., ASSIGNOB TO ELIZABETH COCHRANESEAMAN, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

METAL BARREL.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Dec. 26, 1905.

Application filed November 11,1904. Serial No. 232,274.

To all whom, it may concern:

Be it known that I, HENRY WEI-IRHAI-IN, a citizen of the United States,and a resident of the city of New York, borough of Brooklyn, State ofNew York, have invented new and useful Improvements in Metal Barrels, ofwhich the following is a specification.

Hy invention has for its object to provide a metal barrel which shall besimple and strong in construction and effective and durable inoperation.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a side view of a barrelembodying my inven- Fig. 2 is a vertical cross-section of the same, andFig. 3 is a plan view of the end of the barrel.

As illustrated in the drawings, A represents the end sections, and B thecentral section, of a barrel. The end sections are provided with anintegral head 0 and a flange 0 between the head U and shell of thesection which enables the head to be set in from the extremity of theshell portion or section A. The ends of the central section B are formedinto a flange extending outward from the shell, then in line with thewall of said shell, thereby forming an annular recess. The adjacent endsof the end sections are turned outward from the shell, then in thedirection of the wall of the shell, forming a flange having an annularshoulder engaging the corresponding adjacent recess formed in the endsof the central section. The outer portions of said flanges are rolledtogether to form an annular hoop D set ofl from the recess and shoulderof the said flanges.

By means of such construction rolling hoops adapted to support the shelland permit it to be rolled on its side without injury are provided andadapted to be arranged at the desired place on the shell irrespective ofthe length of the sections composing the shell of the barrel and neednot necessarily be arranged at the meeting line of said sections.

WVhat I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. In a barrel, the combination of two adjacent tubular sections, one ofwhich is provided with a flanged end forming an annular recess, theother provided with a flanged end forming an annular shoulder engagingsaid recess, the extremities of said flanges being rolled together toform an annular hoop, substantially as shown and described.

2. In a barrel, the combination of a central section having its endsprovided With a flange forming an annular recess, of two end sectionshaving their ends provided with a flange forming an annular shoulderengaging the recesses of the central section A, and rolling hoops formedof the interlocking edges of the flanges of said central and endsections, substantially as shown and described.

In witness whereof I herewith subscribe my name in the presence of twoWitnesses.

HENRY VVEHRHAHN.

lVitnesses:

ROBERT l/V. HARDIE, H. G. ROBERTS.

